[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 5 (Tuesday, January 8, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Page 939]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-406]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION


Regulatory Guide; Issuance, Availability

    The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has issued a revision of a guide 
in its Regulatory Guide Series. This series has been developed to 
describe and make available to the public such information as methods 
acceptable to the NRC staff for implementing specific parts of the 
NRC's regulations, techniques used by the staff in evaluating specific 
problems or postulated accidents, and data needed by the staff in its 
review of applications for permits and licenses.
    Revision 1 of Regulatory Guide 1.78, ``Evaluating the Habitability 
of a Nuclear Power Plant Control Room During a Postulated Hazardous 
Chemical Release,'' describes guidance acceptable to the NRC staff for 
assessing the habitability of the control room during and after a 
postulated external release of hazardous chemicals. This guide also 
provides guidance for the protection of control room operators against 
an accidental release of hazardous chemicals, including chlorine.
    With the publication of Regulatory Guide 1.78, Regulatory Guide 
1.95, ``Protection of Nuclear Power Plant Control Room Operators 
Against an Accidental Chlorine Release,'' is being withdrawn because 
the guidance in Regulatory Guide 1.95 has been updated and incorporated 
into Revision 1 of Regulatory Guide 1.78.
    Comments and suggestions in connection with items for inclusion in 
guides currently being developed or improvements in all published 
guides are encouraged at any time. Written comments may be submitted to 
the Rules and Directives Branch, Division of Administrative Services, 
Office of Administration, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 
Washington, DC 20555.
    Regulatory guides are available for inspection or downloading at 
the NRC's Web site at www.nrc.gov under Regulatory Guides and in NRC's 
Electronic Reading Room (ADAMS System) at the same site. Single copies 
of regulatory guides may be obtained free of charge by writing the 
Reproduction and Distribution Services Section, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 
Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001, or by fax to (301) 415-2289, or 
by E-mail to [email protected]. Issued guides may also be purchased 
from the National Technical Information Service on a standing order 
basis. Details on this service may be obtained by writing NTIS, 5285 
Port Royal Road, Springfield, VA 22161. Regulatory guides are not 
copyrighted, and Commission approval is not required to reproduce them.

(5 U.S.C. 552(a))

    Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 26th day of December, 2001.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Michael E. Mayfield,
 Director, Division of Engineering Technology, Office of Nuclear 
Regulatory Research.
[FR Doc. 02-406 Filed 1-7-02; 8:45 am]
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